AGNC Investment: After Another Tough Quarter, Can the Stock Maintain Its Dividend?

The ongoing tariff situation, along with tensions between President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, continued to make for a difficult mortgage-backed security (MBS) market in the second quarter. While mortgage real estate investment trust (mREIT) AGNC Investment (NASDAQ: AGNC) was able to navigate the market, the environment weighed on its results.With the stock yielding more than 15%, let's see if better days could be ahead and whether the stock can maintain its dividend.AGNC is an mREIT that primarily holds a portfolio of MBSes that are backed by government-sponsored agencies, such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. MBSes are residential mortgages that are bundled into bond-like securities, and since they are backed by government-sponsored agencies, they are generally regarded as being largely free from the risk of default.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool